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Big Day Out 2025

This year we're adding an extra day to our steam and vintage vehicle rally, to celebrate Dartford's industrial heritage and links to Richard Trevithick.

Date: 12th July 2025 - 13th July 2025

  • Bandstand Concerts

    Enjoy free live music from a host of big bands this summer.

    Date: 4th May 2025 - 31st August 2025

  • Wildflower Walk at Darenth Country Park

    A guided walk around Darenth Country Park to see the typical flowers that grow there.

    Date: 5th July 2025

  • Outdoor Theatre The Merry Wives of Windsor

    Join us for Ilyria's outdoor production of The Merry Wives of Windsor

    Date: 16th July 2025

  • Outdoor Theatre for Children The Wind in the Willows

    Join us for Ilyria's production for children of The Wind in the Willows

    Date: 24th July 2025

  • Outdoor Theatre Twelfth Night

    Join us for Changeling's production of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night

    Date: 30th July 2025

  • Outdoor Cinema

    We've got a great range of films to show this summer.

    Date: 13th August 2025 - 28th August 2025

  • Bat Walk at Darenth Country Park

    See the bats roosting in Darenth Country Park with Lucy Sawyer-Boyd from North West Kent Countryside Partnership.

    Date: 29th August 2025

  • Outdoor Theatre HMS Pinafore

    Join us for Ilyria's production of Gilbert and Sullivan's HMS Pinafore

    Date: 2nd September 2025

  • Bat Walk at Brooklands

    The walk will take around one and a half hours, but may go on longer depending on the group and the bats.

    Date: 6th September 2025

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